Wilker purchased the truck, a 2005 model, last fall at an auction in Glencoe and said it was a deal he just couldn't pass up.

"It just kind of happened," said Wilker, who regularly attends vehicle auctions. "They were kind of begging for a bid, and I raised my hand not figuring I would own the thing."

But after winning the bid, own it he did.

Wilker said he stored it indoors at a friend's property after he failed to sell it right away and then put it back on the market this summer after he fixed some minor things on it.

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